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WELCOME
To
SAP overview Presentation
-- Introduction to ERP
-- Introduction to SAP
-- Navigation through SAP
-- Understanding the Standard
Reports in SAP
-- Data Extraction Exercise
-- Q&A Session
Agenda of the Today’s Training
Introduction to ERP
Business Without ERP
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Business without ERP
Customers
Customer
Calls to place
order for a
Car
1Sales
office/Inventory
contacts PP
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Sales office
contacts
Inventory
2
Production Planning
Inventory
3
4
PP contacts
Purchasing for
raw material
Purchasing
Sales
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Business without ERP (Contd..)
Lets add some more Business Processes
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Business without ERP (Contd..)
Purchasing
Customers
Vendors
Shop floor
Production Planning
Inventory
Finance
Where is my
car
Whom to
contact for
status?
What is this
confusion
What is
Cost &
profit
What to
manufact
ure??
Sales
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Lets Deliver the end product to customer..
Sales
Dear Sir,
Your Order…
I did not
order for a
TRUCK!!!!
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Business without ERP (Contd..)
I AM NOT TAKING
DELIVERY AND WILL
NEVER DEAL WITH YOU!
Sales
We are
SORRY Sir
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Overall Picture
Production
Planning
Purchasing
Customers
Vendors
Inventory
A/RA/P
Shop Floor Execution
General Ledger
Sales
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Why Enterprise Architecture
• Why Enterprise Architecture ?
– Numerous disparate information systems
– Integrating the data becomes costly
• Time
• Money
• Resources
– Inconsistencies and duplication of data
– Lack of timely information
– Required: Central enterprise definitions
– Required: Centrally controlled business change
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Enterprise Structure – Integrating Business
PP
GL
Plants
Shop
Floor
Sales
HRFA
AP
AR
Purchasing
Partner
Systems
Payroll
Treasury
Marketing
Mfg.
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Enterprise Architecture - Benefits
• Eliminates the duplication, discontinuity and redundancy in data
• Increases the return on investment made on IT implementations
• Delivers quality information designed for the Enterprise as a whole
• Faster and cheaper
• Delivers quality information to produce a quality enterprise
• Satisfying Partners/Customers
• Reducing required manpower
E R P
Enterprise Architecture is based on Enterprise Relationship
Management Systems, which are the backbones of the
modern day industries
These are a set of applications combining key
functions like
– Finance,
– Production
– Sales,
– Logistics,
– Statutory Compliance,
– Human Resources etc
, in a integrated Fashion.
ERMS
What is
ERP?
EnterpriseResourcePlanning
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Enterprise Structure – Integrating Business
PP
GL
Plants
Shop
Floor
Sales
HRFA
AP
AR
Purchasing
Partner
Systems
Payroll
Treasury
Marketing
Mfg.
IT Environment TodayLocal Users
Data Center
Partners, Customers, & Suppliers
Remote Offices
apps
Acquisitions
Mobile Users
Web
datafiles
• Many different hardware platforms
• Many different applications
• Managed and un-managed
machines
• Application install packaging
• Application distribution
• OS and application patching
Complex Problems
Local Users
Partners, Customers, & Suppliers
Remote Offices
apps
Mobile Users
Web
datafiles
Acquisitions
• Application compatibility
• Application certification
• Replace target machines
• Cost of application deployment/change
• Support for offline application access
• Frequent application updates
• Efficient use of IT resources
• Efficient use of computing power
Data Center
SAPSystems Applications and Products
in Data Processing(German : Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der
Datenverarbeitung)
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History of SAP
Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing
– German : Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der
Datenverarbeitung
Founded in 1972 by Wellenreuther, Hopp, Hector,
Plattner and Tschira
– Renamed in 1977
– Before 1977 : Systems Analysis and Program Development
(German : Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung)
SAP is both the name of the Company as well as their
ERP Product
SAP system comprises of a number of fully integrated
modules, which covers virtually every aspect of the
business
Three systems developed : R/1, R/2, R/3
There are many ERPs in the market……..
SAP
BAAN
JDEDWARD
EXCEED
Siebel
Oracle
Ramco
Microsoft Navision
People Soft
Etc.
Worldwide ERP Market Share in 2013
ERP Market Share in INDIA 2012
SAP R/3 Architecture
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3 Tier Client / Server Architecture
The SAP R/3 architecture is based on a 3-tier client/server principle
– Presentation Server
– Application Server
– Database Server
Dedicated Servers are linked by Communication Networks
Perform tasks without sacrificing data integration and processes within the
system, as a whole
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SAP R/3 System Architecture (Contd...2)
SAP Architecture
Database
Application
Presentation
Browser ClientPCs, Laptops, etc.
Network
Application
Servers
Database
Internet
Transaction
Server
Web Server
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Overview of Presentation & Database Servers
• The Presentation Server
– GUI only
– At workstation
– Very light
– Sends requests to application server
– Obtains screens from application server and displays
• The Database Server
– Interface between application server and RDBMS
– Also holds the vendor specific DB driver
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Clients in R/3
R/3 Technology Environment
DB2 for
OS/390
ADABAS DDB2 for AIXINFORMIX-OnLineORACLE
Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT,
OSF/Motif *, OS/2 Presentation Manager (PM),
Macintosh *, Java
ADABAS DMS SQL ServerINFORMIX-OnLineORACLE
ABAP/4, C, C++, HTML, Java
DB2 for
OS/400
OS/390AIX
Digital UNIX
HP-UX
Reliant
UNIX (SINIX)
SOLARIS
Windows NT OS/400
Hardware Bull/Zenith
Compaq
Data General
...
NCR
Sequent
SNI
Digital
HP (Intel)
IBM (Intel)
Bull
Digital
HP
IBM
SNI
SUN
UNIX Systems
IBM
AS/400
Operatingsystems
DialogSAPGUI
Languages
Databases
IBM
S/390
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Simplify EverythingDo Anything
-SAP
SAP
A Complete Integration
of
The Entire Business
SAP R/3 Modules
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SAP Modules
SAP R/3
FI
WF
PS
PM
WM
PP
MM
SD
HCM
AM
CO
QM
PP – Production
Planning
WM – Warehouse
Management
PM – Plant Maintenance
AM – Asset Management
PS – Project System
MM – Materials
Management
SD – Sales and
Distribution
QM – Quality
Management
WF – Workflow
HCM – Human Capital
Management
CO – Controlling
FI – Financial
Accounting
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mySAP Industry Solutions (Some Examples)
SAP for Aerospace & Defense
SAP for Media
SAP for Automotive
SAP for Mill Products
SAP for Banking
SAP for Mining
SAP for Chemicals
SAP for Oil & Gas
SAP for Consumer Products
SAP for Pharmaceuticals
SAP for Engineering, Construction &
Operations
SAP for Professional Services
SAP for Healthcare
SAP for Public Sector
SAP for High Tech
SAP for Retail
SAP for Higher Education &
Research
SAP for Service Providers
SAP for Industrial Machinery &
Components
SAP for Telecommunications
SAP for Insurance
SAP for Utilities
Navigation
A new window appears
Enter your user-ID
Enter your Password
The first time you use SAP you need to reset your password.
The client number as well as language are entered by your administrator and defaulted
Press Enter on your keyboard
Logging On
Passwords
Password Basic
– You can use upper case letters or lower case letters in your password (SAP
R/3 does not distinguish between upper and lower case letters).
– You can use any combination of characters (a ....... z, 0.....9, or punctuation
marks)
Password restrictions
You cannot begin a password with:
– ?, !, or a blank space
– three identical characters (fffce).
– any sequence of three characters that are contained in your user name (for
example, using “bill," if your user name is 99biller)
Other bad ideas:
– Do not use pass as your password
– Do not use any of your last five passwords
The main menu screen is displayed (standard SAP)
Main Menu Screen
SAP Menus
SAP Standard Menu
The default screen is called the SAP Easy Access Screen.
You can switch from one menu to the other by selecting the appropriate icon
When you log on, you will see either your user menu (specific to your role), or the SAP standard menu (lists all transactions)
SAP User Menu
SAP Easy Access Screen and Toolbars
Command Field
Standard Toolbar
Application Toolbar
SAP is a Windows-based system. You can navigate in SAP using buttons, toolbars and windows the same way you would in other Windows applications like Word or Excel.
SAP Easy Access Screen
Title Bar
Status Bar
Navigation Area
Getting Into Transactions
• What is a transaction?
Transactions let users to create, change,
or display data or run a report in SAP.
Getting Around
1. Command Field
2. User or SAP menus
3. Favorites
3.
1.
There are three ways to access transactions in SAP:
2.
Using the Command Field
• Each transaction in SAP has a code. You can use the Transaction Code instead of the menu path to navigate to the transaction (it can consist of letters, numbers, or a combination)
• Type the Transaction Code in the Command Field (ME51N was selected above) and press Enter on the keyboard or click the Enter icon to navigate to that transaction
Don’t hit this…it will close the Command Field!
Enter Icon
Command Field
Closed Command Field
Select to Re-Open the Fast Path Field
Now you can enter your transaction code
Navigating Using the User Menu
• The user menu contains a list of transactions
based on your role (menu path)
• Some of these transactions are within
folders
• You can navigate to these transactions by
double clicking on the name of the
transaction
Double Click to access the screen
Is there an Easier Way to Navigate?
• How can I easily get to where I need to be?
Set up Favorites!
Favorites
You can set up links to commonly used transactions in
the Favorites folder.
Creating a Favorite
• Select the transaction from
menu path
• From the menu bar in the
Easy Access Screen, select
Favorites>Add to create a
shortcut to the transaction
Changing the name of a favorite
Select the favorite you want to change From Menu Bar select Favorites>Change
Enter the name change then green check
Name has been changed in Favorites
Other SAP Basics
Types of Fields
• Mandatory fields have a check mark
• Optional fields are blank
• Fields with match codes (drop down icon) allow searching on the field for allowed
entries
Mandatory Field
Matchcode
Standard Toolbar Icons
• The Standard Toolbar appears on all screens, not just the Easy Access Screen
• However, if an icon is gray on a screen, it is not active and cannot be used
• The meaning of an icon can change, depending on which screen it is located
Other Key Icons
• To determine what each icon represents on the menu bar, place the cursor on the
icon. Balloon help provides the icon name and the associated function key.
Enter Save
Back Exit Cancel
Print Help
Enter
Confirms entered data Does not save work
Command field
Used to enter command, transaction code. To display it, click the arrow
Save
Saves the work
Back
Returns to previous screen without saving data
Exit
Returns to initial screen without saving data
Cancel
Exit current task without saving data
Print current screen
Scroll buttons
First page, previous page, next page and last page
Find and Find next
Search for data in current screen; extend research
Create session
Create a new session
Create shortcut
Create a shortcut to any report, transaction
F1 Help
Provides help on the field where the cursor is positioned
Layout menu
Customizes the
•Display options
•Printout the screen(Hard Copy)
Typical Icons
Moving from One Transaction to
Another
You must type /N before the transaction code to move from
one transaction to another
Type /N and Transaction Code and then Select Enter
System Messages
•Train your eye to look at the bottom of the screen for system messages.
• You must correct an error message to proceed.
• You must hit Enter to proceed past a warning message.
• An information message usually appears when you complete a transaction, such as giving you the number of a purchase requisition you just created.
Creating a New Session
• A session is like a window within SAP
• Opening up a new session allows you to work on more than one thing at the same time
• Follow: System> Create Session or Select the Create Session button from the standard toolbar
• You must have chosen the Windows GUI, not the Web GUI for this to work
• You can have up to six sessions running simultaneously
• The Create a New Session
Button (for PCs only)
Create a New Session
Starting a New Session using the Command Field
• Type /O before the transaction code and hit Enter
• You will be taken directly to the new transaction in a new session without closing what
you were working on
• You can do this from any screen
Switching between Sessions
• Click the session represented by a button at the bottom of your screen, just like you
do for any windows program
Field Help (F1)
• Put your cursor in a field and select F1 or the field help icon (the yellow question mark
on the standard toolbar)
• A pop up box will
appear that tells
you what the field means
Example of Field Help
Ending a Session
• Save your work before you close the session.
• From the menu bar choose System> End Session
• Or Click
in the upper right hand corner of the screen
Logging Off of SAP
• Select the yellow arrow
at the top of any screen
• Or select System: Log off
> You will be warned
about saving your data
even if you have saved
it!
> Select “Yes” to log off
Congratulations!
You have finished the SAP Basic Navigation
lesson for Super Users.